What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over
the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of
the most important topics and items trending in social media.
Take 1 - Policy
@OECD
Education: Higher education: a good long-term investment? What
do OECD education indicators reveal?
@INTO
Network: QS World University rankings are out.
@ICEF
Monitor: 8 countries leading the way in online education.
Take 2 - Students
@WES:
700,000 students expected to benefit from new #Obama #immigration
policy.
@CIHE:
College for All? Politicians and pundits ramp up questions about
value of degrees.
@BBC
Education: In United Kingdom, Number of graduates in basic jobs
doubles in five years.
Take 3 - R&D
@Research Impact: Researchers of Tomorrow:
research behavior of Generation Y doctoral students.
@University Ghent Research: Dare to think -
Scholars need to move from filling gaps to more imaginative and
innovative research.
@Max Planck Society: How tomatoes lost their taste.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Khan Academy is now offering
teachers the ability to access all of their students' data on a 'dashboard'.
@ScienceGuideEU: Higher education and students,
overcoming the communication barrier: Sit down, have a snack.